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Students make connections at fair
BY GPEYSON MBOCK
REPORTER ’
Clackam as Com m unity College’ s annual career fair
was h e l i on Tuesday, April 17. This event provides
opportunities for students to connect with potential
employers and gather information on various different
career pathways.
Fifty-three employers and 282 attendees crowded
Gregory Forum, ranging from students, to employers,
com munity members and even CCC faculty.
Larger organizations such as Kaiser Perm anente,,
Boeing Aerospace and Colum bia Sportswear hosted
booths; lining the w alls, booths ranged from food
service, m anufacturing, public service, n o n -p ro fit
work and aquatic parks, among others. Several of these
booths described them selves as being com m unity-
oriented in the services they provide.
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The mission of the CCC career fair is to “ nelp students
see what the job market looks like and see what kinds
of jobs are out there,” said MFS representative Emily
Broadwell.
The M etropolitan Fam ily Service is a n o n -p ro fit
organization, engaging in activities like after school
program s, and sk ill classes for th e com m u n ity
such as cooking; M FS is dedicated to helping the
underprivileged in thé community:
M ost of the funding for MFS com es from grants,
foundations and federal funding. MFS is currently
looking for em ployees that are personable, p atient
and have a heart for helping.
The career fair is important in connecting people with
jobs, especially jobs at living wage, said Kyle Popma,
'^representative from Boeing Aerospace. Potential
em ployers w ill go a long way to find em ployees,
so venues like the career fair are useful tools for
businesses of all kinds.
Oregon’ s unemployment rate as of March 2018 is 4.1
percent, so even providing information about changing
careers can be important to people attending.
, Em ployers cam e from as far as W ashington to
encourage students to join their companies.
Josh Udermann came from the Woodburn Aqùatic
Center to speak with potential employees.
r "‘Pat Garrett, a Washington County*sheriff, attended
to encourage;junior deputies to “ graduate” to being
an official deputy.
Thecareer fair is nonprofit event; the proceeds from
exhibitors renting booths going towards promoting the
event. Any profit made is sent to supplement student
programs.
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The event helps businesses connect with the college
as w ell as students, and som e organizations send
em ployees to train as C CC programs and prom ote
educational aspirations am ong the em ployees, said
Kyle T hom as, C C C ’s Student Support and Career
Coordinator.
“ [We] would need to engage students more and make
them aware of the event and why it ’ s im p ortant,”
Thomas said*. “ To explore careers [through] beneficial
networking, which is important. ”
The career fair is usually an annual event, but can
happen multiple times in one year.. CCC is currently
working on a fall career fair, said Thomas,
R egistration for the Fall career fair is open to'
applicants.
News Editor Jeanette Wright contributed to this story.
Photo b y Greyson Mbock-
Representatives Emily Broadwell and Nghia Huynh hosting the booth for Metropolitan Family Service at CCC’$ annual career fair.
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April 25, 2018